Redemption for poor AWA score?

[splic]

I'm an international student applying for an MPP/MPA at KSG, WWS, Duke and UMD. I took my GRE last month - I got 770 in verbal and 760 in quant, but my AWA score is an abysmal 4.5. Should I do the test again? Or will my other scores be enough to get me through? I have three years of WE as a journalist. Does anyone know if the AWA score review's any good?

[Dreams]

Your writing score will not be a deal breaker in your application. If the other aspects of your application are good, then there should be no problems. WWS and KSG require written work with the application, so there is a chance for to show what you can do for those two.

[USF_Rockstar]

A 1530 is pretty impressive, what did you do in preparation?

[splic]

FSIA: That's good to hear! I got a 30 in my TOEFL writing, so hopefully that'll count for something too.

Rockstar: Thanks! I did quant from Barron and Nova, and since I was pretty confident about verbal, I just did the Big Book tests. I also did practice tests from Kaplan, Princeton and of course Powerprep.